Wakefield High School - Starstone Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

Page 19 text:

DR. HAROLD M. WILSON The Principal of Wakefield High School Dr. Harold M. Wilson has been Wakefield’s principal since the school opened seven years ago. He is perhaps the school’s most important representative in the com- munity, for in him the public sees reflected the basic educational principles behind Wakefield’s establish- ment and growth. As the administrative head of the school, Dr. Wilson is charged with the general co- ordination of the instructional program and is also con- cerned with the selection, assignment, and evaluation of school personnel. Our principal has been kept quite busy this year with activities related to his functions at Wakefield. He is an active member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and has written a chapter of a recent yearbook of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Wilson attended Vincennes University, the University of Indiana, and George Washington University.

Page 18 text:

The Superintendent of County Schools To me, THIS IS WAKEFIELD: a school where scholarship is respected. I suppose every student re- members the lighter side of high school — friendships with classmates, excitement of school athletics and other activities, and the sheer fun of school social functions. But when I speak to your fine faculty and principal. Dr. Wilson, and when I see such things as an Academic Achievement Dinner in honor of high- ranking Wakefield students, I realize that above all else you will remember your school for the sound education it offered you. SUPERINTENDENT RAY REID

Page 20 text:

Associate Principal As associate principal, Mr. W. Ralph Kier has for seven years shared responsibilities with Dr. Wilson. In addition to supervising operations in the health and physical edu- cation, foreign language, and industrial arts departments, Mr. Kier is in complete charge of the entire finance pro- gram. His greatest task, perhaps, is that of supervising all functions concerning the student body: assemblies, clubs, social activities, transportation, the publication of the complete events calendar and the fixing of the bell sched- ule, to name a few. With the addition of Wakefield’s An- nex this year, Mr. Kier assumed the role of general sup- ervisor over activities there, as well. In December of last year, Mr. Kier was appointed principal of Yorktown High School, due to open in September, 1960. Mr. Kier is congratulated by Superintendent Reid on his appoint- ment as principal of Yorktown.